Though not yet officially announced by the promotion, heavy-hitting
Perry appears set to square off with like-minded striker Max Griffin
at UFC on Fox
28, scheduled for Feb. 24 at the Amway Center in Orlando, Fla.
Both 170-pounders seemingly confirmed the contest Monday via social
media.

Pumped to fight here in #Orlando where I live
! @maxpainmma is trying to bring the pain in my city ! We
about the #PlatinumParties here in the O!” Perry posted
on Instagram on
Monday evening.

“Whoever want to show up and fight me in my hometown,” said Perry.
“If they haven’t signed the bout agreement yet, you can probably
know who I’m talking about if you’re listening to this and if you
said we was gonna fight, so we might as well be about it, sign that
paper or if not, I understand. I will end somebody’s career right
here in Orlando, we’ll just see who it’s going to be.”

Not long after Perry’s “MMA Hour” appearance, Griffin let the
proverbial cat out of the bag on Instagram.

“Leggo!!! The day has finally come. Me
vs @platinummikeperry in Orlando on @ufconfox,"
posted Griffin.

After posting a 4-1 mark inside the Octagon, the 26-year-old Perry
got primetime, network television duties in his last outing: at UFC
on Fox 26 on Dec. 16, Perry dropped a unanimous decision to
Argentina’s Santiago
Ponzinibbio in an wild and woolly brawl.

Griffin, 32, was pounded out in the third round by rising contender
Colby
Covington in his August 2016 UFC debut. After a 54-second
knockout of Erick
Montano. “Max Pain” took a second loss in the Octagon courtesy
of Elizeu
Zaleski dos Santos, who earned a unanimous decision over the
Californian in a fun dust-up this past October in Sao Paulo,
Brazil.